Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.31674/mjmr.2022.v6i03.006
Jayita Ghoshal Roy, Swastika Roy
Reproductive health plays a crucial role to maintain a healthy status of an individual. Hence, it is a vital part that an individual has to keep in mind. The term “Reproductive Rights and Reproductive History” was coined in the “International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD)” held in 1994, and the term “Reproductive Health” was connoted as “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, in all matters relating to the reproductive system and to its functions and processes”. Collected detailed on reproductive behaviour of an individual now known as “Reproductive history”; is defined as “An important aggregate factor in epidemiological studies of women’s health. The concept usually includes the number and timing of pregnancies and their outcomes, the incidence of breast feeding, and may include age of menarche and menopause, regularity of menstruation, fertility, gynaecological or obstetric problems, or contraceptive usage.” Researchers, epidemiologists, along with medical personnel have chronicled their findings and voiced their concerns in maternal and reproductive health in various platforms at national and international levels. Some of these papers are focused on this topic. In the present discussion an attempt has been made to evaluate the role of structural and social determinants on reproductive health. The systematic analysis might help to pinpoint the populations that seem to be lacking in awareness of the importance of this vital but often ignored part of health and thus there is a lag in the reproductive health services.
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Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.31674/mjmr.2022.v06i01.004
A. Abdul Hadi, Khairun’naim Bin Khairuddin, Mohd Nizamuddin Bin Ismail
Right-sided infective endocarditis is not as common as left-sided infective endocarditis. The clinical signs and symptoms of right-sided infective endocarditis are subtle, making clinical detection more complex and easily leads to misdiagnosis. We present a case of mild haemoptysis as a presentation of right-sided infective endocarditis but was initially misdiagnosed as pulmonary tuberculosis, which led to a delay in treatment. The patient had multiple visits to the health facilities (private clinic, government’s health clinic and hospital) and one admission to the hospital for recurrent cough, fever, and haemoptysis without any improvement. Later, he was diagnosed with right-sided infective endocarditis and was well after treatment. Delays in treatment can lead to an increased risk of permanent morbidity to the patient.This case report highlights the importance of a high index of suspicion and exploring other differential diagnoses of haemoptysis apart from pulmonary tuberculosis.
{"title":"RIGHT SIDED INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS MASQUERADING AS PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS: A CASE REPORT","authors":"A. Abdul Hadi, Khairun’naim Bin Khairuddin, Mohd Nizamuddin Bin Ismail","doi":"10.31674/mjmr.2022.v06i01.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31674/mjmr.2022.v06i01.004","url":null,"abstract":"Right-sided infective endocarditis is not as common as left-sided infective endocarditis. The clinical signs and symptoms of right-sided infective endocarditis are subtle, making clinical detection more complex and easily leads to misdiagnosis. We present a case of mild haemoptysis as a presentation of right-sided infective endocarditis but was initially misdiagnosed as pulmonary tuberculosis, which led to a delay in treatment. The patient had multiple visits to the health facilities (private clinic, government’s health clinic and hospital) and one admission to the hospital for recurrent cough, fever, and haemoptysis without any improvement. Later, he was diagnosed with right-sided infective endocarditis and was well after treatment. Delays in treatment can lead to an increased risk of permanent morbidity to the patient.This case report highlights the importance of a high index of suspicion and exploring other differential diagnoses of haemoptysis apart from pulmonary tuberculosis.","PeriodicalId":18105,"journal":{"name":"Malaysian Journal of Medical and Biological Research","volume":"57 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81202486","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.31674/mjmr.2022.v6i03.001
Mamik Ratnawati, Monika Sawitri Prihatini, R. Probowati, R. Lestari, D. Puspitaningsih
Children under five years are vulnerable to health and nutrition problems. The first two years period of life is a critical phase because of the growth and development of the children during this period. The purpose of this study is to analyze the situation of malnutrition in toddlers in nutritionally vulnerable districts. This study is a descriptive study using a cross-sectional approach. There are 10 respondents from Puton Village, Diwek District, and Jombang Regency as the samples of the study. The data was collected from August until September 6, 2019. The samples were collected by using a total sampling method. The dependent variables in this study are nutritional knowledge, infectious disease, and eating habits. Meanwhile, the independent variables are undernutrition and malnutrition. The data were analyzed using Chi-Square. The results of the study showed that the most influential factors in the occurrence of undernutrition and malnutrition were almost entirely (76%) influenced by eating habits, very few (15%) influenced by nutritional knowledge, and very little (9%) influenced by infectious diseases. Problem-solving in nutrition programs must be developed innovatively at the regency level with indirect intervention at the regency level, through strengthening the health and nutrition system by involving the community, local government, and related sectors.
{"title":"Analysis of The Situation of Undernutrition and Malnutrition on Toddlers","authors":"Mamik Ratnawati, Monika Sawitri Prihatini, R. Probowati, R. Lestari, D. Puspitaningsih","doi":"10.31674/mjmr.2022.v6i03.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31674/mjmr.2022.v6i03.001","url":null,"abstract":"Children under five years are vulnerable to health and nutrition problems. The first two years period of life is a critical phase because of the growth and development of the children during this period. The purpose of this study is to analyze the situation of malnutrition in toddlers in nutritionally vulnerable districts. This study is a descriptive study using a cross-sectional approach. There are 10 respondents from Puton Village, Diwek District, and Jombang Regency as the samples of the study. The data was collected from August until September 6, 2019. The samples were collected by using a total sampling method. The dependent variables in this study are nutritional knowledge, infectious disease, and eating habits. Meanwhile, the independent variables are undernutrition and malnutrition. The data were analyzed using Chi-Square. The results of the study showed that the most influential factors in the occurrence of undernutrition and malnutrition were almost entirely (76%) influenced by eating habits, very few (15%) influenced by nutritional knowledge, and very little (9%) influenced by infectious diseases. Problem-solving in nutrition programs must be developed innovatively at the regency level with indirect intervention at the regency level, through strengthening the health and nutrition system by involving the community, local government, and related sectors.","PeriodicalId":18105,"journal":{"name":"Malaysian Journal of Medical and Biological Research","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78229777","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.31674/mjmr.2022.v06i01.002
A. Said, Tg Putri Syarizan
Headache is a very common presenting symptom in patients seeking treatment in primary care. Although most of it is primary headache, physicians may easily miss the diagnosis of secondary headache. Therefore, we need to equip ourselves with adequate knowledge together with a good and thorough physical examination to avoid missing a diagnosis of secondary headache. In addition to that, for a patient presenting with chronic headache, it is very important for us to always review our diagnosis and our management. We reported a case of sphenoid bone fibrous dysplasia who presented with severe recurrent headache despite being given treatment, analgesics and even propranolol for migraine. Fibrous dysplasia accounts for approximately 5 to 7 percent of benign bone tumours. He presented to the primary care clinic multiple times before the imaging was ordered. Subsequent MRI showed fibrous dysplasia of the right lesser wing of the sphenoid bone. After the surgery, the headache improved as well as his quality of life.
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Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.31674/mjmr.2022.v06i04.002
Nisha Dharmayanti Rinarto, A. Mayasari, Hafizah Che Hassan
(WHO) reported the incidence of 'mysterious' acute hepatitis that attacked children in various countries on April 5, 2022. This incident happened to previously healthy children, with ages ranging from 11 months to 5 years. The Ministry of Health of Indonesia has reported the findings of three suspected cases of death due to acute hepatitis in the two weeks until April 30, 2022. As a precaution, the public is expected to know the cause of acute hepatitis that attacks children, recognize the symptoms, and know the steps to prevent and treat it. The design of this study used a qualitative descriptive study intending to provide an overview of the preparedness of the people in Surabaya to face acute hepatitis in children. The population of people of Surabaya who have children aged 0 months -16 years with the Accidental Sampling approach. The samples collected were 104 respondents who met the inclusion criteria. Data collection was carried out for 5 days from 16-20 May 2022 by filling out a knowledge questionnaire. Results showed that 89.4% of people of Surabaya knew the causes, symptoms, prevention, and treatment steps. Based on these data, it is stated that many people in Surabaya already know the causes, symptoms, prevention, and treatment steps. It can be concluded that they have the readiness to face acute hepatitis that attacks children. In addition to knowing and being ready, it is hoped that the community will be able to understand and implement maximum prevention measures so that acute hepatitis in children occurs in the Surabaya area.
{"title":"Community Readiness of Surabaya, Indonesia to Face Acute Hepatitis in Children","authors":"Nisha Dharmayanti Rinarto, A. Mayasari, Hafizah Che Hassan","doi":"10.31674/mjmr.2022.v06i04.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31674/mjmr.2022.v06i04.002","url":null,"abstract":"(WHO) reported the incidence of 'mysterious' acute hepatitis that attacked children in various countries on April 5, 2022. This incident happened to previously healthy children, with ages ranging from 11 months to 5 years. The Ministry of Health of Indonesia has reported the findings of three suspected cases of death due to acute hepatitis in the two weeks until April 30, 2022. As a precaution, the public is expected to know the cause of acute hepatitis that attacks children, recognize the symptoms, and know the steps to prevent and treat it. The design of this study used a qualitative descriptive study intending to provide an overview of the preparedness of the people in Surabaya to face acute hepatitis in children. The population of people of Surabaya who have children aged 0 months -16 years with the Accidental Sampling approach. The samples collected were 104 respondents who met the inclusion criteria. Data collection was carried out for 5 days from 16-20 May 2022 by filling out a knowledge questionnaire. Results showed that 89.4% of people of Surabaya knew the causes, symptoms, prevention, and treatment steps. Based on these data, it is stated that many people in Surabaya already know the causes, symptoms, prevention, and treatment steps. It can be concluded that they have the readiness to face acute hepatitis that attacks children. In addition to knowing and being ready, it is hoped that the community will be able to understand and implement maximum prevention measures so that acute hepatitis in children occurs in the Surabaya area.","PeriodicalId":18105,"journal":{"name":"Malaysian Journal of Medical and Biological Research","volume":"43 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81103714","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.31674/mjmr.2022.v06i01.005
Muchti Yuda Pratama, I. Yustina, Etti Sudaryati, Nurmaini
Introduction: In Indonesia, the prevalence of COVID-19 is getting higher, North Sumatera Province ranks the 12th most COVID-19 cases in Indonesia with a total of 33.762 cases. WHO encourages countries to develop COVID-19 vaccine. However, currently many people have not been engaged in implementing the COVID-19 vaccination. Based on data, the achievement of vaccination in Indonesia is only 13,5%. Of the preliminary survey found that only 38,5% of people aged 18 years old and more had COVID-19 vaccination. Methods: The research method was a quantitative study with a cross sectional research design. The sample was 114 respondents that were selected by systematic random sampling technique. Data was collected through interview by using a questionnaire and data was analyzed using by logistic regression approach. Result: The percentage of COVID-19 vaccination was still low. Factors that related to community engagement for COVID-19 vaccination were age, knowledge, education level, occupation, and marital status. From the results of the logistic regression test, it was found that knowledge and education level were contributed to community engagement for the COVID-19 vaccination (p< 0.05). Conclusion: The percentage of COVID-19 vaccination in the community was still low and this was related to education and knowledge. Therefore, health promotion regarding COVID-19 prevention and the vaccination is necessary, and should be intensified to improve knowledge and practice of community.
{"title":"COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS FOR THE COVID-19 VACCINATION AT THE WORK AREA OF BATANG KUIS PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER, INDONESIA","authors":"Muchti Yuda Pratama, I. Yustina, Etti Sudaryati, Nurmaini","doi":"10.31674/mjmr.2022.v06i01.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31674/mjmr.2022.v06i01.005","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: In Indonesia, the prevalence of COVID-19 is getting higher, North Sumatera Province ranks the 12th most COVID-19 cases in Indonesia with a total of 33.762 cases. WHO encourages countries to develop COVID-19 vaccine. However, currently many people have not been engaged in implementing the COVID-19 vaccination. Based on data, the achievement of vaccination in Indonesia is only 13,5%. Of the preliminary survey found that only 38,5% of people aged 18 years old and more had COVID-19 vaccination. Methods: The research method was a quantitative study with a cross sectional research design. The sample was 114 respondents that were selected by systematic random sampling technique. Data was collected through interview by using a questionnaire and data was analyzed using by logistic regression approach. Result: The percentage of COVID-19 vaccination was still low. Factors that related to community engagement for COVID-19 vaccination were age, knowledge, education level, occupation, and marital status. From the results of the logistic regression test, it was found that knowledge and education level were contributed to community engagement for the COVID-19 vaccination (p< 0.05). Conclusion: The percentage of COVID-19 vaccination in the community was still low and this was related to education and knowledge. Therefore, health promotion regarding COVID-19 prevention and the vaccination is necessary, and should be intensified to improve knowledge and practice of community.","PeriodicalId":18105,"journal":{"name":"Malaysian Journal of Medical and Biological Research","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87778344","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.31674/mjmr.2022.v06i01.003
E. Simaremare, Charisma D. N. Putri, Rani D. Pratiwi, E. Gunawan
Itchy leaf [Laportea decumana (Roxb.) Wedd] is one of the endemic plants of Papua that has proven as pain and fatigue. This study aimed to formulate an itchy leaf powder and determine the physical quality of the powder then skin irritation test on itchy leaf powder (L.decumana). The methods used in this study were collecting the sample, preparing simplicia in three formulas, formulating the powder, testing the physical quality, and testing the skin irritation by the four-hour patch method. The results of the study showed that itchy leaf powder had an FI strength (99.03%), FII (99.0%), FIII (98.47%) with FI moisture (1.21%), FII (1.35%), FIII (1.42%), and pH FI (5.98), FII (6.10), FIII (6.22). This study concluded that itchy leaf powder had a good physical quality and was not irritated to human skin that characterized by the absence of edema and erythema in thirty volunteers.
{"title":"ITCHY LEAVES (LAPORTEA DECUMANA (ROXB.) WEDD ) SIMPLICIA LOOSE POWDER","authors":"E. Simaremare, Charisma D. N. Putri, Rani D. Pratiwi, E. Gunawan","doi":"10.31674/mjmr.2022.v06i01.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31674/mjmr.2022.v06i01.003","url":null,"abstract":"Itchy leaf [Laportea decumana (Roxb.) Wedd] is one of the endemic plants of Papua that has proven as pain and fatigue. This study aimed to formulate an itchy leaf powder and determine the physical quality of the powder then skin irritation test on itchy leaf powder (L.decumana). The methods used in this study were collecting the sample, preparing simplicia in three formulas, formulating the powder, testing the physical quality, and testing the skin irritation by the four-hour patch method. The results of the study showed that itchy leaf powder had an FI strength (99.03%), FII (99.0%), FIII (98.47%) with FI moisture (1.21%), FII (1.35%), FIII (1.42%), and pH FI (5.98), FII (6.10), FIII (6.22). This study concluded that itchy leaf powder had a good physical quality and was not irritated to human skin that characterized by the absence of edema and erythema in thirty volunteers.","PeriodicalId":18105,"journal":{"name":"Malaysian Journal of Medical and Biological Research","volume":"3 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91456575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.31674/mjmr.2022.v06i02.002
Renda Natalina Pratama, C. Purwanti, Rosmiarti, T. Sansuwito, Faridah Binti Mohd Said
Early childhood cognitive development is the child's ability to understand something in the environment so that their knowledge will increase. This is closely related to brain control, so that children's cognitive development requires brain stimulation efforts. Stimulation is needed to improve children's development. Children who receive targeted and regular stimulation develop faster than children who do not receive stimulation. Brain Gym is a healthy natural alternative effort that includes a series of simple movements that can optimise human brain function so that a person can face various kinds of learning difficulties, tensions, and challenges to oneself and others. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of brain exercise in improving children's cognitive abilities. This research method is quasi-experimental and uses the chi-squared statistical test. The research sample consisted of 28 respondents, consisting of the treatment group and the control group. The results of statistical tests using the Chi Square test obtained 0.05 (0.018), which means that brain exercise is effective in improving children's cognitive abilities. So it is suggested that brain exercise can be applied to children so that learning becomes fun and improves their abilities.
{"title":"The Effectiveness of Brain Gym on The Cognitive Abilities of Children at Tk Aba 17 Palembang, Indonesia","authors":"Renda Natalina Pratama, C. Purwanti, Rosmiarti, T. Sansuwito, Faridah Binti Mohd Said","doi":"10.31674/mjmr.2022.v06i02.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31674/mjmr.2022.v06i02.002","url":null,"abstract":"Early childhood cognitive development is the child's ability to understand something in the environment so that their knowledge will increase. This is closely related to brain control, so that children's cognitive development requires brain stimulation efforts. Stimulation is needed to improve children's development. Children who receive targeted and regular stimulation develop faster than children who do not receive stimulation. Brain Gym is a healthy natural alternative effort that includes a series of simple movements that can optimise human brain function so that a person can face various kinds of learning difficulties, tensions, and challenges to oneself and others. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of brain exercise in improving children's cognitive abilities. This research method is quasi-experimental and uses the chi-squared statistical test. The research sample consisted of 28 respondents, consisting of the treatment group and the control group. The results of statistical tests using the Chi Square test obtained 0.05 (0.018), which means that brain exercise is effective in improving children's cognitive abilities. So it is suggested that brain exercise can be applied to children so that learning becomes fun and improves their abilities.","PeriodicalId":18105,"journal":{"name":"Malaysian Journal of Medical and Biological Research","volume":"1026 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77183555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.31674/mjmr.2022.v06i02.001
Siti Ruziana Roslan, A. Abdul Hadi
This paper reports a case of a previously healthy patient who presented with a generalised tonic-clonic seizure due to cerebral edema. Investigations revealed he had human Deficiency Virus (HIV) with cerebral toxoplasmosis and was co-infected with Hepatitis C. He was immediately placed on a toxoplasmosis treatment regime which, 4 weeks later, showed improvement in his clinical condition and computed tomography (CT) brain imaging. He was then put on antiretroviral therapy (ART). This case describes the management of a patient with newly diagnosed HIV with opportunistic and co-infections.
{"title":"Seizure as Initial Presentation of HIV: A Case Report of Cerebral Toxoplasmosis","authors":"Siti Ruziana Roslan, A. Abdul Hadi","doi":"10.31674/mjmr.2022.v06i02.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31674/mjmr.2022.v06i02.001","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reports a case of a previously healthy patient who presented with a generalised tonic-clonic seizure due to cerebral edema. Investigations revealed he had human Deficiency Virus (HIV) with cerebral toxoplasmosis and was co-infected with Hepatitis C. He was immediately placed on a toxoplasmosis treatment regime which, 4 weeks later, showed improvement in his clinical condition and computed tomography (CT) brain imaging. He was then put on antiretroviral therapy (ART). This case describes the management of a patient with newly diagnosed HIV with opportunistic and co-infections.","PeriodicalId":18105,"journal":{"name":"Malaysian Journal of Medical and Biological Research","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83423531","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.31674/mjmr.2022.v6i03.002
S. A. Soelar, Nurakmal Ahmad Mustaffa
Introduction: Social media has been a major source of various parties obtaining misinformation about vaccination programs and it has raised doubts about the vaccine, especially among parents. Vaccine hesitancy was listed as one of the top ten issues that threaten global health by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2019. Therefore, this study aimed to examine sentiment on vaccines from Facebook pages, focusing on Facebook users’ views on vaccination programs through a mixed-method approach, which is a qualitative and quantitative combination analysis. Methods: This analysis uses all comments posted on Facebook pages downloaded using Facepager software from 01 December 2020 to 31 December 2020. R software is used to clean the comments and performed the sentiment analysis, while Gephi software is used to perform the semantic network analysis. Results: Out of 5,055 comments, the majority of the comments are negative sentiment (49.33%), followed by positive (32.58%) and neutral (18.08%) sentiment. For the negative sentiment, tolak, mati, and cucuk were the most frequent words ever used. For the positive sentiment, terima, setuju, and selamat were the most frequent words ever used. The positive network centered around the word dajjal focused on the word lab and FDA. In contrast, the negative network centered around the word vaksin focused on the word semulajadi and kerajaan. Conclusion: These findings are useful to understand the problem of parents who are skeptical of the vaccination program and also can be a guide for public health to communicate with the public through social media.
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